Grocery Outlet to close dozens of ‘underperforming’ stores
A customer walks into the Grocery Outlet in Oakland. The Emeryville-based discount grocery chain will close 36 underperforming stores after reporting a $218.2 million fourth quarter loss. (Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE) Grocery Outlet, the Emeryville-based discount grocer with a large Northern California footprint, said it plans to close 36 financially underperforming stores as it tries to improve profitability after…